“The greatest blessing that one can get from music is that it makes an artist immensely satisfied with life irrespective of the financial condition in which they may be.”

—  Ram Narayan

[An Interview with Pandit Ram Narayan, Official website, http://www.webcitation.org/5n5BHIfXo]

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